MULTICULTURAL IDENTIFICATION AND TREATMENT OF STUTTERING - A CONTINUING NEED FOR RESEARCH

This article presents one view of the past, present, and future of mul ticultural studies of stuttering. Historical issues are reviewed, and current issues about the multicultural or crosscultural identification and treatment of stuttering are then considered in light of that hist ory. It appears from this combined analysis of historical and current trends that many multicultural discussions about stuttering continue t o be based on ethnocentric speculation and on ideas related to diagnos ogenic theory, rather than on dependable empirical or clinical knowled ge. Suggestions are provided in the form of issues to be considered an d, more importantly, in the form of areas that will need considerably more research if this disorder is to be approached from a truly multic ultural perspective. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science Inc.